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PODCAST Episode 24: Using Public Records Databases to Find the Living and Recently-Deceased (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 24: Using Public Records Databases to Find the Living and Recently-Deceased (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, BeenVerified, How To, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Reparational Genealogy, Research, Show Notes, Shrubbing

Have you ever looked someone up on one of those reverse-phone-number sites to see who the heck is calling you at 2am? Did you know that those sites, and the apps that go with them, are great for genealogy? In this episode I’ll discuss my favorite, BeenVerified, and how I use it to find generations … Read More “PODCAST Episode 24: Using Public Records Databases to Find the Living and Recently-Deceased (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?
Family Cookbook, Family Lore, History, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe, Research

Did you know that family recipes have their own genealogy? I thought I was skimming yet another back-of-the-magazine recipe in a special family cookbook when I Googled Johnny Mazetti, and then one of its key ingredients, Sauce Arturo. It wasn’t as simple as I thought. And it made me wonder: did my grandmother pick this … Read More “PODCAST Episode 23: The Family Cookbook – Johnny Mazetti, or is it Marzetti?” »

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PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, Biography, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, Documents, Family Lore, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, Folklore, History, How To, Marriage Records, My Discoveries, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research, Show Notes

I talk a lot about component parts, or the basic how-to’s of handling records, but what about the how-to’s of building one person’s life in your family tree? Genealogy has become an immediate-gratification online phenomenon, but it’s not always that at all. How long should a 21st-century online researcher be expected to wait before work … Read More “PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 21: The Family Cookbook – The Hinzie Family Cornbread

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 21: The Family Cookbook – The Hinzie Family Cornbread
Family Cookbook, Podcast, Podcast episode, Recipe

For our inaugural episode of the folkloric and gastronomic aspects of family history, I’m presenting a staple recipe from my family’s cookbook. It entered my family with my mother’s mother’s stepmother, and every generation that has made it has put a unique twist on it since. Ethel “Itey” Garrard Drahos Hinzie, who brought it into … Read More “PODCAST Episode 21: The Family Cookbook – The Hinzie Family Cornbread” »

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PODCAST Episode 20: Interview with Brooke Schreier Ganz of Reclaim the Records

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PODCAST Episode 20: Interview with Brooke Schreier Ganz of Reclaim the Records
Birth Records, Death Records, Documents, How To, Interview, Marriage Records, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reclaim the Records, Research

Have you ever gotten frustrated that the records you REALLY need from a US city or state across the country (or world), one you’ll NEVER travel to, hasn’t released their vital records indexes online? Brooke Schreier Ganz felt that way about New York (as so many have) and she decided to do something about it. … Read More “PODCAST Episode 20: Interview with Brooke Schreier Ganz of Reclaim the Records” »

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PODCAST Episode 19: Juneteenth! (with transcript)

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PODCAST Episode 19: Juneteenth! (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, Facebook group, Family Lore, Folklore, History, Holidays, Keys to Genealogy, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy, Show Notes

Have you heard of a holiday called Juneteenth? Do you know what it is, or why it’s important in American history? Well, listen here – this is the episode for you. This is straight-up history – Ancestry.com is on the blink, so we’re steering clear of Ancestry lessons for a few weeks in order to … Read More “PODCAST Episode 19: Juneteenth! (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 18: Mail Bag for June 2018

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 18: Mail Bag for June 2018
Ancestry, Facebook group, Family Cookbook, How To, Join the Conversation, Mail Bag, Podcast, Podcast episode, Q&A, Reparational Genealogy, Teaching

It’s our first mail bag, filled with questions and answers from the FPPP community! What’s up with Ancestry, which of their records are good, do you believe a record over a human or vice-versa, and how do you make your slave-holding ancestors’ info available to researchers of color? There are lots of goodies in this … Read More “PODCAST Episode 18: Mail Bag for June 2018” »

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PODCAST Episode 17: Interview with Christopher Harris

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PODCAST Episode 17: Interview with Christopher Harris
Best Practices, DNA, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Folklore, GEDmatch.com, How To, Interview, Podcast, Podcast episode, Reparational Genealogy

This week is something special: my first-ever interview! My friend Christopher Harris joins the podcast to discuss his 12-year learning curve about family history through folklore, DNA, and African-American documentary methodology. He’ll discuss with us how he records conversations and organizes his work, treeing vs shrubbing, the key role that DNA and GEDmatch play, and … Read More “PODCAST Episode 17: Interview with Christopher Harris” »

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PODCAST Episode 16: Hygienealogy 2 – The Federal Census

Posted on By Carolynn ni Lochlainn
PODCAST Episode 16: Hygienealogy 2 – The Federal Census
Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, Census, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research, Shrubbing

Understanding the historical genesis and management of the decennial Federal Census, the digitization or “indexing” of the Census by FamilySearch, and the proper utilization of Census records in Ancestry is important to good Hygienealogy. And in Ancestry, Federal Census records don’t always work the same way – some add all family members to your tree … Read More “PODCAST Episode 16: Hygienealogy 2 – The Federal Census” »

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